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19.11.2020

ZIM also going strong

The Haifa (Israel)-headquartered shipping group ZIM has published its consolidated results for Q3/2020. From January till September 2020, volumes carried by ZIM went down by 3.9% to 2.04 million teu compared to 2.12 million teu...

19.11.2020

Cherries choose MSC

The Switzerland-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has started its new express service for cherry and fresh fruit cargo from Chile to Asia. The so-called "Cherry Express service" will run as a joint...

19.11.2020

5G in the port of Barcelona

Since July, the Port of Barcelona has been running a test with '5G Maritime', a pilot geolocation test. The project aims to validate the location of ships in real time and with great precision, obtaining image data to complement...

18.11.2020

New standards for containers

BIC (Bureau International des Containers) and DCSA (Digital Container Shipping Association) have accomplished a standardisation of codes used to identify facilities such as depots, container yards, M&R vendors and other...

18.11.2020

K Line listed on DJSI

The Japanese carrier K Line has now been listed on a major index for ESG Investment for ten consecutive years since 2011. The liner has again been selected as an Asia Pacific Index component of the Dow Jones Sustainability...

18.11.2020

More scanners at MPS Ghana

Merdidian Port Services (MPS) in Tema Port in Ghana, a joint venture between Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and Meridian Port Holdings Limited, which is, in turn, a joint venture with Bolloré Transport and Logistics and APM...

17.11.2020

Upward trend in hinterland traffic confirmed

Good news from the international association of ports and harbours WPSP Covid-19 task which has released its fourteenth report since April and the initial global outbreak of Covid-19, based on the data of 73 world ports. The...

17.11.2020

ICC decides for DIT

The ICC Arbitral Tribunal ruled on 13 November 2020 that a new call for tenders must be launched for concessions for the port of Douala in Cameroun - including the port and terminal operator Douala International Terminal (DIT), a...

17.11.2020

More handling capacity on the Red Sea

In Jeddah, the Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) has taken delivery of two new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, and ten hybrid-rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) manufactured by ZPMC in Shanghai. These are further steps in the...

16.11.2020

Essential multimodal

Transport links are one of the key element that keep goods flowing in a port. The German Baltic Sea port of Mukran recently added further shortsea, inland barge and rail links to its network, which reaches as far as Sweden and...

16.11.2020

Yang Ming returns to profit

Taiwan-based Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation has reported its figures for Q3 of its financial year, and the first nine months of the year show a return to profitability in 2020.Consolidated revenues for Q3 totalled NTD...

16.11.2020

A new Mexico–Florida shuttle

ZIM is launching a new Mexico–Tampa shuttle service (MTS9) to commence in mid-December, expanding the company's regional network and providing more options for customers in Mexico and the USA. The MTS9 will deploy a 1,000-teu...

16.11.2020

HL shows steady performance in 2020

As forecast, the Hamburg shipping company Hapag-Lloyd achieved revenues of USD 10.5 billion after the first nine months of the year, almost on par (-1%) with the same period in 2019. Yet, ebitda climbed by 20.4% to more than...

13.11.2020

Sea Intelligence on demand in Q4/2020

The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultancy "Sea Intelligence" recently analysed the latest demand data for September 2020 published by Container Trade Statistics (CTS). Global demand grew by 6.9% in comparison...

13.11.2020

Eurogate in transformation

The management of the Eurogate has initiated a comprehensive transformation programme with the aim of achieving sustainable improvements in productivity and cost reductions of EUR 84 million p.a. across the group. This programme...

13.11.2020

THE Alliance till the end of 2020

The alliance of Hapag-LLoyd, HMM, ONE and Yang Ming, called THE Alliance, has announced service adjustments to better match resources and "fluctuating demand" of the global shipping market. Between Asia and North...

12.11.2020

UN shipping report for 2020 gloomy

In its shipping report "Review of Maritime Transport for 2020", Unctad shows the following picture: In 2019, the global fleet grew by 4.1% to approx. 98,000 commercial vessels while maritime trade volumes expanded by...

12.11.2020

New West Africa Service in 2021

Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) plans to launch a new weekly Europe - West Africa Service (EWX). The first voyage is scheduled to start in February 2021. The port rotation will be: Hamburg – Rotterdam –...

12.11.2020

ICTSI goes blockchain

Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), an international port and terminal operator active in 19 countries, has signed on to connect its current 31 terminals to the platform of Trade Lens, a...

11.11.2020

Digital maritime highway

Fenix is a new pan-European project that has been designed to realise a fast and secure international trade lane. One of the results of the undertaking is to make trade between the ports of La Spezia and Casablanca more...